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by konjis1
16 Jul 2014 13:30
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Deleting a folder via Batch file
Replies: 8
Views: 7305

Re: Deleting a folder via Batch file

Well they are folders that have content. So the location is H:\Neals Personal\Test12345, where Test12345 contains the backup content. I am trying to delete the folder Test12345.
by konjis1
16 Jul 2014 11:26
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Deleting a folder via Batch file
Replies: 8
Views: 7305

Re: Deleting a folder via Batch file

There are backup files/folders that are created every night at 11pm, and those files start with the word of "Test". So that is why i was using the wildcard. The location of those files are H:\Neals Personal\. So what i was really trying to do was every night i want to delete a backup folde...
by konjis1
16 Jul 2014 09:18
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: Deleting a folder via Batch file
Replies: 8
Views: 7305

Deleting a folder via Batch file

If i want to delete a folder, say it was named "Test Folder", on my H drive.....is this how i would write it because i am not having any luck:


CD H:\
ECHO
forfiles /p "H:\Neals Personal Info" /s /m Test*" /c "cmd /c Del Test*"
pause



Thank you in advance!
by konjis1
02 Jul 2014 14:24
Forum: DOS Batch Forum
Topic: .bat Wildcard Question
Replies: 2
Views: 4004

.bat Wildcard Question

I am new to creating .bat files and i am trying to figure out how to do a delete on the registry. I am not sure if you can use wildcards in a directory path and not sure how to search for pieces of a data value. We have an application that writes to the registry and we want to delete every registry ...